23/06/2005

Global warming threatens Tibetan rail link

An official from China's National Climate Center warned warmer winter and summers in a fragile environmental region will ruin a rail link to Tibet by 2050.

Globecomm Receives First Order For Its New Flyaway Terminal

Globecomm Systems announced Wednesday that the Company has received its first order for the new 1.2 meter Auto-Explorer Multimedia Transportable Satellite Communication Terminal ("flyaway terminal") from a government customer. ...

Single-Cell Recognition Research Finds a Halle Berry Neuron

World travelers instantly identify the architectural sails of the Sydney Opera House from most any angle. Movie aficionados immediately recognize Oscar-winner Halle Berry beneath her "Catwoman" costume or in an artist's caricature. ...

Researchers debut new X-ray resources for studying molecules

Soon scientists at Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, Ill., will test-drive what many call the "Ferrari" of synchrotron beamlines--high-tech research facilities for imaging molecules. During a dedication ceremony on ...

New Material Could Improve Fabrication of Nanoscale Components

A team of chemists at Penn State has developed a new type of ultrathin film, which has unusual properties that could improve the fabrication of increasingly smaller and more intricate electronic and sensing devices. The material, ...

Survey finds many doctors religious

A University of Chicago survey suggests 76 percent of physicians believe in God and 59 percent believe in some sort of afterlife.

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